When to start 12/12?

I was just wondering when to put my plant into 12/12?
She's 17 days old and i dont have much height to play with and i only got 2 cfl's, 1 equivelant to 75w and the other to 60w.
2 pc fans as intake outtake and a good fan to cover the stem .
In a 2 gallon plant pot after being repotted twice since day 1.
She (fingers crossed) is looking rally healthy seen as its my first grow.
The box is 2' tall 2' wide and 3' long.

Oh and im using bagseed.

You can start flowering anytime you want, just keep in mind that they'll at least double in size during flower

oh, and you'll want at least 100 watts, not 100 watts equivalent.

and you might want to put it in a bigger pot. 3Gal +

So could i start now at 18 days old ? Im not going to yet, im going to start after a month, unless its shows up female first. And the 2 bottom leaves got burned the other day and today one of the second set of leaves with 3 points is burned.
the plannt should be fine shuldnt it? got no camera so ...

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Please can someone help im eager as a bitch to find out if its got a fury axe wound lol puff puff pass.....

Ya want to wait for alternating nodes.

Dirtyboy said:

Ya want to wait for alternating nodes.

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Its got 4 nodes so far but i dunno what alternating nodes are?

Right now the nodes are across from each other. Alternating nodes is when they are not lined up next to each other. Its hard to explain.

4 nodes you are not ready if ya want to get any bud. Ya will but little.

Dirtyboy said:

4 nodes you are not ready if ya want to get any bud. Ya will but little.

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haw little we talking ?
if i veg for a good lenght of time, i will let the buds go as big as possible!


thanks bud

Do the first set of leaves drop off at about 19 days usually?

all help will be great!!

i let mine go two months before i switched to 12/12

Joemuz said:

I was just wondering when to put my plant into 12/12?
She's 17 days old and i dont have much height to play with and i only got 2 cfl's, 1 equivelant to 75w and the other to 60w.
2 pc fans as intake outtake and a good fan to cover the stem .
In a 2 gallon plant pot after being repotted twice since day 1.
She (fingers crossed) is looking rally healthy seen as its my first grow.
The box is 2' tall 2' wide and 3' long.

Oh and im using bagseed.

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When a plant is beginning to preflower that is basically a sign of sexual maturation. A lot of people will wait until this stage to start 12/12.Technically you can put them into flowering whenever you want to. I actually have a little 7 in baby thats almost done flowering with one beautiful buddy. I never thought it was actually going to produce anything so I didn't keep track of when i put it in, but i feel like it was as young as yours if not a few days younger. Obviously, you're not going to reach its maximum potential if you don't have enough size. Also, if your confined space was the only reason for doing 12/12 early you should take topping and bending into consideration. Both these methods will temporarly stunt vertical growth. Perfect for a height problem. If you need more information contact me or look up plant pruning methods.

Thanks for the help mj402000! Great info i think im gonna get a bigger box and just go the extra mile

Thanks again!